Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
No downtime is acceptable
What!? Even FFXI had maintenance times.

EDIT: And yeah, I'm sure the sub will stick. I think they said before that for many MMOs, there is a more urgent need for results and they go F2P because they were always designed with F2P as a backup in mind. With SE, they don't have to worry about the third party investors wanting instant results and they have a "subscription or death" perspective.